Ranjit Kumar Singh @ Ranjit Singh @ Praveen Singh @ Satish Kumar @ Gorakh Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.68008 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-111 Year-2013 Thana- NAYAGAON District- Saran ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar Singh @ Ranjit Singh @ Praveen Singh @ Satish Kumar @ Gorakh Singh Son of Nagmani Singh Resident of Village-Chaturpur,P.S. Nayagaon,Distt.-Chapra (Saran) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kamlesh Prasad Yadav For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kumar Virendra Narayan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 23-01-2019 Let the defect, as pointed out by the office, be ignored.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner seeks bail in Nayagaon P.S. case no.111 of 2013 corresponding to sessions trial no. 404 of 2015 registered under sections 364A, 120B and 212 of the IPC. Earlier bail prayer of the petitioner was twice rejected but again bail of the petitioner is sought on the ground that petitioner is in jail custody for near about four years and up till now only 23 prosecution witnesses could be examined whereas 59 witnesses have been proposed in charge-sheet. Submission on behalf of the petitioner is that there is

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.68008 of 2018(4) dt.23-01-2019 2/2 no likelihood of conclusion of trial of the petitioner in near future and, therefore, petitioner should be released on bail. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, particularly, keeping in mind that the trial of the petitioner has already commenced and up till now 23 prosecution witnesses out of 59 proposed prosecution witnesses have already been examined, again, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail and hence, his prayer for bail stands rejected. However, learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the petitioner and try to conclude the same as early as possible taking trial of the petitioner on priority basis.

(Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J) s.hassan/-abhijeet U T